[TRN] Discussion Preview [Deleted]

[RichardKYA]

is it really important to distinguish between these two

No, it's not important, I was just using them as examples. If combining them as one option works better, then do it that way. And to be honest, I would set them both to "Last Post" and just have Forum View as "First Post" anyway because I think that makes most sense.

If possible, an option for "Watched Threads" could be pretty handy though

Thank you for considering

 

[farang]

That would probably be possible. I'll try to release it tomorrow.

 

[RichardKYA]

Cool, that would be great, but there's no rush, tomorrow is Sunday, put your feet up

 

[farang]

farang updated [fgX] Post Preview with a new update entry:

Version 1.2.0 released!

New features in version 1.2.0

• Options to specify in which parts of your forum that post previewing shall occur.
  
• Now supports post previewing also in "Watched Threads"
• Option to exclude forums that you don't want to use post previewing for (The selection will only apply to post previewing for a single forum when in forum view)

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[farang]

Try the new version out. If you find any issues I will solve them promptly.

Please, if you have a minute left... make a review

 

[RichardKYA]

Hi @farang,

Thank you for the update, watched threads is working great

I'm not sure if my suggestion was implemented and not working or if it wasn't implemented, but I can still only choose either "first post" or "last post" in all areas...



In the event it was just confusion about the suggestion, I mocked this image up to help show how the options could possibly work if implemented...


Other than that, I've had a play around and things seems to be working well

Thanks again

 

[racersimage]

Is there a way to get URL's to show in the preview snippet?

 

[Terror]

thank you very much, five stars

 

[racersimage]

Also, how about an option to change the color of the preview or make it italics? That would help distinguish it from the thread title a bit.

 

[RichardKYA]

@racersimage

You can do that with css

 

[racersimage]

@racersimage

You can do that with css

edit: Thanks! Figured it out.

 

[RichardKYA]

Well, I don't use XF default style, so I haven't tried this, but you can try adding this to your EXTRA.css template...

.discussionListItem .secondRow .text blockquote {
        color: red;
}

...if it comes up red, you know it's working and then you can do your edits

 

[farang]

Is there a way to get URL's to show in the preview snippet?

Currently not but I can implement it as an option if You wish to do that!

 

[RichardKYA]

Currently not but I can implement it as an option if You wish to do that!

It would be great if you could add that as an option please

Thank you very much

 

[farang]

Hi @farang,

Thank you for the update, watched threads is working great

I'm not sure if my suggestion was implemented and not working or if it wasn't implemented, but I can still only choose either "first post" or "last post" in all areas...

View attachment 130008

In the event it was just confusion about the suggestion, I mocked this image up to help show how the options could possibly work if implemented...

View attachment 130009
Other than that, I've had a play around and things seems to be working well

Thanks again

Hi @RichardKYA

I've done it like that deliberately because I think the visitors/members of the forum would be confused to see previews from the first post of the threads in one forum area while seeing previews from the last post of the threads in another area.

Let me see what I can do ...

 

[farang]

thank you very much, five stars

Thank You very much for Your kind review @Terror, reviews like yours make writing add-ons much more fun!

 

[farang]

Well, I don't use XF default style, so I haven't tried this, but you can try adding this to your EXTRA.css template...

.discussionListItem .secondRow .text blockquote {
        color: red;
}

...if it comes up red, you know it's working and then you can do your edits

Good solution! Thanks for sharing @RichardKYA

EDIT: Don't edit EXTRA.css. This add-on has it's own style properties now.
Style Properties: [fgX] Discussion Preview

 

[racersimage]

Well, I don't use XF default style, so I haven't tried this, but you can try adding this to your EXTRA.css template...

.discussionListItem .secondRow .text blockquote {
        color: red;
}

...if it comes up red, you know it's working and then you can do your edits

I ended up doing this before you replied.

.discussionListItem .secondRow blockquote {
font-style: italic;
color: grey;
}

Would it be better if I added the .text part?

 

[racersimage]

Currently not but I can implement it as an option if You wish to do that!

I would like that option please! Thank you.

 

[RichardKYA]

@racersimage

If what you have is working ok, then I wouldn't say it was necessary.